By: Jerome Otchere

Date: 23-05-11

Newly appointed Board Member, Jerry Asare, has said that he is not back to Kotoko to further any personal ambition but to rather help build and properly develop the club he loves so much.

According to Jerry Asare who was named as a member of the Kotoko Board of Directors last week, he is returning to the club with maturity and experience, something he believes would help lift the performance and image of the club.

“It is not an individual affair. It is all about teamwork. I will work according to the laid down structures. When we win, we win together; when we draw, we draw together and when we lose, we lose together,” said Jerry Asare in an interview on Asempa FM’s Sports Night show last Friday.

Jerry Asare’s first official association with Kotoko was during the administration of Major Yaw Larson, when he was appointed as the Accra Representative.

He however became the Operations Director in Sylvester Asare Owusu’s five-member management. Commenting on his previous Kotoko experiences, Jerry Asare disclosed that he has taken whatever happened in the past in good faith. He said he prefers looking at the roles he and other leaders in current administration could play to ensure the growth of the great club.

Jerry Asare lauded the efforts of Dr. K. K. Sarpong, the Board of Directors and the entire management team.

“Dr. K. K. Sarpong is an experienced leader. I like his style of leadership – the excellent way of working and going about things” he stated.

“It is the duty of all members to work for success of the club. It is not an individual affair” the former management member stressed.

Known for his strict disciplinarian attitude, Jerry Asare argued that discipline, managing things well and understanding are examples of the hallmarks of every good management continuing that Dr. K. K. Sarpong and his team of managers have so far demonstrated these good traits.

The Board Member was also full of praise for the Owner and Life Patron of the club, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

“I thank Otumfuo for the confidence he has reposed in me. It is a great honour and challenge and I have to justify it. I am going to be more passionate about the development of the club,” said Jerry Asare.

In addition, he expressed his profound gratitude to all who have been calling and congratulating him for his latest appointment.